Easy-to-use digital signatures
Solutions that support all levels of digital signatures.
Digital signatures from DocuSign
Electronic signatures are widely accepted as part of a modern system of agreement. But some businesses, regions and specific use cases may require digital signatures, which offer a heightened level of identity assurance through digital certificates.
DocuSign supports digital signatures at local standards, no matter where you are or what your use case is. Based on our robust eSignature platform, DocuSign Standards-Based Signatures offers easy-to-use solutions that support all levels of digital signatures:
• Electronic signatures
• Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES)
• Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES)
Standards-Based Signature benefits
Support unique compliance standards
Meet compliance standards for digital signatures, including advanced and qualified levels under eIDAS (AES and QES) and industry standards such as 21 CFR Part 11.
DocuSign supports all levels of signature
Combine the power of eSignature platform and Identify to easily and quickly complete digital signatures.
Electronic Signature
DocuSign eSignature is trusted by hundreds of millions of users worldwide and meets electronic signature regulations, including eIDAs.
Advanced Electronic Signature
Add DocuSign ID Verification to your electronic signature process to validate signer identity and support AES. This is needed in use cases that require stricter identity assurance.
Global Network of Trust Service Provider partners
DocuSign integrates with a global network of ID and trust services. Since all digital signatures include a digital certificate issued by a Trust Service Provider, these integrations support your efforts to comply with digital signature standards around the globe from a single cloud-based solution.
One million customers from over 180 countries
- 1 Billionusers and more than one billion eSignature transactions
- 3,000+provincial and local government agencies use DocuSign
- 44languages can be used for signing and 14 languages can be utilized for sending
Customers use digital signatures for many types of agreements
Resources
Learn more about digital signatures
Digital Signatures for the EU
View the DatasheetLearn more about how DocuSign solutions for digital signatures.
Signing Around the World with Electronic Signatures
Learn about Global SignaturesLearn how DocuSign supports electronic and digital signatures in the EU and worldwide.
Implementing Electronic Signatures and Digital Signatures with DocuSign
Read the Implementation WhitepaperLearn more about the different types of digital signatures and which ones are relevant for your specific use case.
Standards-Based Signature FAQs
The terms “electronic signature” and “digital signature” are often conflated. For the vast majority of agreements and records, an electronic signature is sufficient. A digital signature is a subset of electronic signature that adds another layer of security to a signed document. A digital signature is supported with a digital certificate and uses Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), which adds proof of signer identity and enhanced security to a legally enforceable signature.
Advanced Electronic Signatures (AES) add ID verification to the electronic signature signing process. Signatures must be uniquely linked to and able to identify the signer. Signature records are capable of showing evidence of tampering.
Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES) have more stringent requirements mandating face-to-face identity verification. (The face-to-face identification can be live and in-person or via an audio/video connection.) A QES is unique in that it’s considered legally equivalent to a handwritten signature.
In Canada, digital signatures are typically used in regulated industries like life sciences for compliance with Health Canada’s requirements for electronic signatures, often referred to as 21 CFR Part 11. Another example is the US Federal Government, where federal employees can be issued a personal identity verification (PIV) card that contains a PKI digital certificate for signing that complies with the US Federal Processing Standards.
Around the world, there are international standards that specify requirements for digital signatures and the methods used to authenticate a signer. Regulations include the Code of Civil Procedure in Brazil and Section 1803 of the Civil Code in Mexico, Electronic Identification, Authentication and Trust Services regulation (eIDAS) in the EU, and the Electronic Transactions Acts in Australia.
DocuSign works with Trust Service providers from around the world to offer digital certificates and digital signatures through the DocuSign platform.
See the global list of Trust Service Providers here.